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Worth being fired for?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:35 pm
by Thilindel
An EMT of 21 years was fired today for this word:

Niggardly:


niggardly
One entry found.

niggardly

Main Entry:
nig·gard·ly Listen to the pronunciation of niggardly
Pronunciation:
\-lē\
Function:
adjective
Date:
1571

1 : grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging 2 : provided in meanly limited supply
synonyms see stingy
— nig·gard·li·ness noun
— niggardly adverb



I just think it's crazy that a career was ended, and a life was probably ruined because someone took offense to a word that has its own meaning. The context was used in the morning debrief where we're told the revenue and status of quotas. Two hours later, this lady was fired.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:33 pm
by avak
If she used the word in proper context then I hope she sues the pants off of whoever employed her.

If, otoh, she has a history of questionable judgment and/or used the word as a sort of double entendre then she undoubtedly violated standing policy on discrimination.

Lots of highly derogatory words have benign original meanings, so I don't exactly see your point.

This isn't 'Nam Smokey. It's Bowling. There are Rules.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:56 pm
by Latreg
avak wrote:If she used the word in proper context then I hope she sues the pants off of whoever employed her.

If, otoh, she has a history of questionable judgment and/or used the word as a sort of double entendre then she undoubtedly violated standing policy on discrimination.

Lots of highly derogatory words have benign original meanings, so I don't exactly see your point.

This isn't 'Nam Smokey. It's Bowling. There are Rules.



so true, just like everyone saying Pril is gay....

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:56 pm
by Birile
avak wrote:If she used the word in proper context then I hope she sues the pants off of whoever employed her.

If, otoh, she has a history of questionable judgment and/or used the word as a sort of double entendre then she undoubtedly violated standing policy on discrimination.

Lots of highly derogatory words have benign original meanings, so I don't exactly see your point.

This isn't 'Nam Smokey. It's Bowling. There are Rules.


Was trying to find a way of saying the exact same thing. This is better than what I could come up with.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:51 pm
by Tasan
Ladies don't need to "sue" to get my pants off.


It had to be said.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:56 pm
by Kifle
Tasan wrote:Ladies don't need to "sue" to get my pants off.


Then call me Sally, mr. beefcake!

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:31 am
by Gormal
Definitely not an appropriate reason to fire someone. Get one of the black guys to just say nigger and she what happens, then she's got an airtight case!

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:54 am
by Vigis

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:59 am
by Vigis

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:33 pm
by Corth
Self-employed is where its at.

Re: Worth being fired for?

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:23 am
by teflor the ranger
Thilindel wrote:An EMT of 21 years was fired today for this word:


Why use that word when you could just say cheap? Same thing, you know, without the offense and degrading message.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:04 am
by Dalar
Shrug, why does Ashiwi write long ass essays in her post w/ random words people rarely use?

Re: Worth being fired for?

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:45 pm
by Birile
teflor the ranger wrote:
Thilindel wrote:An EMT of 21 years was fired today for this word:


Why use that word when you could just say cheap? Same thing, you know, without the offense and degrading message.


Agreed. If she was intelligent enough to know the word and its original meaning, she should have had enough intelligence to know the downfalls of using it in public and, especially, at the workplace. I would hope most intelligent people who know the meaning of this word would also know its relation to the word derived from it and understand the implications. Since most people do not know the meaning of said word and she purportedly did and, in so knowing, didn't see a problem with using the word there is a relatively good chance that she used the word with the purpose of raising ire and being hurtful and either thought she would get away with it or thought she could successfully claim innocence if someone happened to cry foul.

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:50 pm
by Tasan
I'm taking back the word "Porchmonkey".

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:20 am
by teflor the ranger
It's difficult to have to constantly remind people that the First Amendment protects your right to free speech from being taken away from you.

It doesn't protect your job, public opinion of you, your ability to use airborne transporation, or any other priviledge that you have.

Your coworker can say whatever words they want to, but they just might not be employed next week.